Le Mont-Kemmel French Military Cemetery

Entrance to Le Mont-Kemmel cemetery.

The cemetery was created in 1922 and contains a total of 5,237 unknown French soldiers
and 57 identified French soldiers, all commemorated in an ossuary. There are no individual grave markers in this cemetery.

The cemetery was redeveloped in 1924 and 1932, when the unknown dead
previously buried in Saint-Charles-de-Potyze French military cemetery
were reinterred here. In the years 1961-1962 and 1986-1989 the cemetery
was renovated.

Memorial at the French ossuary at Mont-Kemmel (Kemmelberg).

The French flag flies on the left of the ossuary memorial, the Belgian flag
flies on the right.

The cemetery is 2,050 square metres in size.

Location of Le Mont-Kemmel Cemetery

Le Mont-Kemmel French Cemetery

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2.8076760470867157

St. Charles-de-Potyze French Military Cemetery

50.86323685522318

2.9262739419937134

The ossuary is located on the western slope of the Kemmelberg
(Mont Kemmel) on the lane leading to and from the summit.